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Friday 9 July 1937Men’s majorsYear in Review
Cotton wins the Open
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland · Wednesday 7 to Friday 9 July 1937 · purse £500 · winner's share £100
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
141 started, 47 (cut at 153) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Carnoustie
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Reg Whitcombe
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1907-01-26, Holmes Chapel, England; England; age 30 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet